According to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, more than 345 000 kid’s cups are being recalled because they contain too much lead.
The 8-ounce and 12-ounce Cupkin Double-Walled Stainless Steel Children’s Cups, available in a variety of colors on Amazon and the Cupkin website from 2018 until the beginning of this year, are being recalled by Soojimus.
Customers who own the recalled Cupkin cups are recommended to throw them away right away and get in touch with Soojimus for a complete refund. There have been no cases of illness or injury linked to the recall to date.
The double walled structure ensures that the liquid within the now-recalled cups “is not exposed to lead.” The firm warned that improper handling of the cup bottoms could result in lead exposure.
On its website, Cupkin responded to the recall by stating that the voluntary recall was started as a result of user feedback and additional testing. The brand said that lead was not found during the initial development of the products.
Cupkin’s statement stated that the cups had also undergone testing by two different independent third-party labs authorized by the CPSC. “When we first created these cups, our producing partner confirmed numerous times that completely no lead was used in any phase of our production process,” Cupkin wrote.
“Learning that not one, but two CPSC-accredited labs and our manufacturing partner let us down is a heavy setback both financially and emotionally,” Cupkin added. But regardless of the price, “we are going to be as open and proactive as we can to get this resolved as soon as possible.”
All known buyers of the recalled Cupkin cups will be contacted individually by Soojimus and Amazon, the CPSC announced on Thursday. Customers can submit images of the cups that clearly illustrate their ruin and complete a form on Cupkin’s website to request a refund.
My wife and I have two young daughters. As parents, it was always our goal for the Cupkin cups to be lead-free, according to Max Kang, one of the company’s co-founders, in an email statement to The Associated Press. “I just want to let all of our customers know that we take this matter seriously and will rebuild from here.”
Kang emphasized that their manufacturer had first said that the glass beads used in the cups’ bottoms for vacuum sealing had not included any lead. He claimed that the manufacturer later acknowledged the error.
Lead, which can impair young children’s brain development, has no safe threshold, according to health officials. Children may come into contact with the metal through contaminated dust, scraps of old paint, or even by drinking water that has come through lead pipes.